TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kearns,Kate
TI  - Semantics
T2  - Modern linguistics series
SN  - 9780230232297 (hbk.) :
AV  - P325 .K37 2011
U1  - 401.43 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Semantics
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
N1  - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- First Order Logic -- The Logical Quantifiers -- Formal Composition -- Modality and Possible Worlds -- Generalized Quantifiers -- Referencial Opacity -- Aktionsarten: Aspectual Classes of Events -- Tense and Aspect -- Thematic Roles and Lexical Conceptual Structure -- Events -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "This introductory textbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers a wide range of core topics in formal semantics. Now thoroughly updated, the second edition features new chapters on semantic composition, type theory and the lambda calculus, as well as a revised discussion of Pragmatics and a variety of new exercises"--
ER  -